PET

PHA Compound Molded into “World’s First” Biodegradable Bottle Closures

Iranpolymer/Baspar  After three years of research including the creation and testing of 174 different compounds, Beyond Plastic LLC, Commerce, California, says it has arrived at a completely biodegradable injection-molded closure based on polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA), with phase two research looking at compression…

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US consumer recycling dips; call grows for legislative support

Iranpolymer/Baspar  New statistics show post-consumer plastics recycling falling slightly in the United States as recovery of two flagship resins stumbled in 2022. A newly issued report from a trio of groups shows the country recycled a little more than 5 billion pounds…

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Sidel EvoFILL PET – the ultimate answer to enhanced water quality in a reduced footprint

Iranpolymer/Baspar  With the EvoFILL PET, packaging solutions leader Sidel has taken a further step forward with its filling innovations. The space-saving filler can handle high production speeds of up to 90,000 bottles per hour (bph) with a footprint that is…

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New European Producer of PET BCF Yarns for Automotive Carpet

Iranpolymer/Baspar To expand its support for high-end and luxurious automotive interiors, B.I.G. Yarns has completed its first industrial production runs of virgin polyester BCF yarns for automotive carpet to complement its line of polyamide PA6 superior yarns. There is a growing market…

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Thermoform packaging market growth and innovations

Iranpolymer/Baspar  According to Towards Packaging, the global thermoform packaging market size stood at USD 49.48 billion in 2023, grew to USD 52.20 billion in 2024, and is expanding at a CAGR of 5.9% between 2023 and 2032. Report Highlights: Important…

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Recycled Polyolefins Close Year Up From Fall Lows

Iranpolymer/Baspar  Pledges to incorporate recycled polymer materials did not translate into increased prices for the commodity in 2023, with prices generally falling for all grades and types of reclaimed and reprocessed materials. According to weekly reports from Oil Price Information Service…

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Arizona City Will Try Out 3D Printers That Recycle in Pilot Program

Iranpolymer/Baspar The City of Surprise, Arizona, will host a pilot program that will collect used plastic waste items and use them to print on-demand plastic commodity products using equipment from Automedi, a UK-based fabricator of 3D printing machines. The program will…

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Sweden’s Site Zero Sorts Plastic Packaging Waste Into 12 Fractions

Iranpolymer/Baspar Svensk Plastatervinning of Sweden celebrated the opening of Site Zero, a plastic sorting plant in Motala, Sweden. The plant features Tomra and Sutco equipment, and can sort plastic packaging waste into 12 fractions for recycling. Originally opened in 2019, the plant was built in collaboration…

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Putting an end to plastic separation anxiety

Iranpolymer/Baspar Bio-based plastics such as polylactic acid (PLA) were invented to help solve the plastic waste crisis, but they often end up making waste management more challenging. Because these materials look and feel so similar to conventional, petroleum-based plastics, many products…

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Positive Plastics goes beyond the surface with latest update

Iranpolymer/Baspar  Friedrichshafen, Germany — The Positive Plastics team — the three material experts behind the Positiv Plastics initiative launched two years ago at Fakuma 2021 — returned with its third sample kit in 2023. For the first time, this year’s offering…

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Transfer Film Take Back Program Yields Recycled Resin for Injection Molding

Iranpolymer/Baspar  Leonhard Kurz will be exhibiting its Recopound resin in October at the Fakuma trade fair in Friedrichshafen, Germany. Recopound is a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) resin, recycled from postindustrial material. Kurz offers a return and recycling program that reprocesses used PET carrier film…

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Montachem International partners with seaweed- based resin maker Loliware

Iranpolymer/Baspar  At the Plast international plastics show in Milan, plastic resin distributor Montachem International and materials science company Loliware debuted their seaweed-based resins today, an event marking Loliware’s entrance into Europe’s $3.5 billion bio-resin market. Loliware’s materials are the first…

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Italian Packaging Company Will Use Recycled PET From Food Trays to Produce New Film

Iranpolymer/Baspar AMB Spa, a packaging producer based in Italy, will use PET flakes from Indoraa’s PET tray recycling operations in its food-grade packaging film. The partnership between AMB and Indorama is aimed at diverting 150 million post-consumer trays from landfill or…

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Ravago, Republic form post-consumer plastics JV

Iranpolymer/ Baspar  In a major recycling deal, Republic Services Inc. and Ravago Group have formed Blue Polymers LLC, a joint venture that will build and operate plants to generate 100 percent post-consumer resins. The joint venture will make high density…

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New hybrid PET/F polymer successfully moulded into preforms

Iranpolymer/ Baspar  Origin Materials, Inc., a leading carbon negative materials company based in Sacramento, California and Canada-headquartered Husky Technologies, an injection moulding supplier of equipment and services to the plastics industry, have joined forces on the development and commercialisation of…

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The niche called bioplastics is growing

Iranpolymer/ Baspar  Plastic contributes considerably to global greenhouse gas emissions. In 2022, plastics produced 1.9 billion tons of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (3.5% of total global emissions), with 90% of this emission coming from plastic production, conversion from fossil fuels,…

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Alpla launches new Alplarecycling brand

Iranpolymer/ Baspar  Plastic packaging specialist Alpla is no newcomer to the recycling world. Its first investment in recycling date from 2005 when it became a joint-venture partner in a PET recycling plant in Toluca Mexico. Today, the company operates 13…

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UPM Biochemicals and Selenis Form Strategic Alliance to Develop Sustainable PETG

Iranpolymer/ Baspar  Finland’s UPM Biochemicals and Portugal-based Selenis, a subsidiary of the IMG Group, have formed a strategic partnership to produce sustainable PETG (polyethylene terephthalate glycol) resin that will accelerate the introduction of renewable, sustainable forest-sourced materials into plastic applications. Highly-transparent and FDA-approved…

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Tailor-made compounds aims to offer solutions for the automotive industry

Iranpolymer/ Baspar  E-mobility plus the continuing trend towards lightweight construction mean that the demands made on the performance properties of thermoplastics for automotive applications are constantly increasing. A broad portfolio of tailor-made material developments from TechnoCompound has been tuned into…

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Recyclers feeling the strain as prices tumble

Iranpolymer/ Baspar The European recycled plastics market is under severe pressure because of extremely low demand and lengthening supply. While some recycling plants have been shut down, most others are operating at reduced rates in order to avoid excess stocks…

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